Posts Categorized: Politics

Inevitably when the topic of the current state of political discourse comes up, it is agreed that it’s the Internet’s fault that it’s so bad right now. Before we get into what’s to blame, let’s rewind this shit a bit. When was political discourse in this country civil? In May 1856, South Carolina Congressman Preston… Read more »

Steady yourself. What I’m about to tell you is going to blow your goddamn mind. The Donald Trump administration is woefully inadequate, incompetent and just basically total shit. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General issued a 25-page report outlining all the ways the Trump administration failed while implementing Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy… Read more »

Donald Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos got a two-week sentence after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI. Someone else lied to the FBI and went to prison not too long ago. Martha Stewart, in 2004, was found guilty of lying to the FBI. She served five months at a federal prison camp. It’s true… Read more »

Gun violence in the United States is a pandemic and rooted in the 2nd amendment of the Constitution. More than 30,000 people will be killed with a bullet in the US this year. There are 400 million guns in America. After every tragedy, you hear whispers about gun laws. After a few days, the whispers… Read more »

If you’re 40 or older, you’re doing worse economically now than you were in 1998. Wages The national average wage increased about $20,000 from 1998 to 2016. According to the Social Security Administration, the average wage was $28,861 in 1998 and $48,642 in 2016. That’s an increase of 68.5 percent. That sounds like a big… Read more »

I’m following this USA v. Manafort et al criminal case in the eastern district of Virginia courthouse as best as I can via court documents and news reports. As I acquire information and data, I’ll dump it here largely for my own reference, but so others can dig into the court documents if that’s interesting… Read more »

Today, 47 senators voted against an amendment by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that would have provided money to states to fortify their elections. It was an amendment to Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act of 2019 (H.R.6147). The amendment would have provided $250 million in grants to states to help them beef… Read more »

One of Seattle’s biggest names in music, restaurants and the party scene has been accused of rape and sexual assault by five women. Dave Meinert is kind of a big deal in Seattle. He’s like the Mark Maron of the Emerald City, but not funny. I lived in Seattle for 10 years until 2009, so… Read more »

Corruption took place when Melania Trump worked her way through our immigration system. In 2001, Trump was granted an Einstein visa, which is obviously ridiculous on its face. People who get an Einstein visa, or EB-1, are people with very specialized skills, like Olympians, highly regarding academics, scientists, Nobel prize recipients, and shit like that…. Read more »

Hillary Clinton warns everyone in 2016. She essentially told us to not let Donald Trump be in control of the law in this country. Doing so would be a nightmare. In this second episode of the #FFS podcast, I discuss this history and encourage everyone to please vote better next time. Listen to the podcast… Read more »